Chapter 2
Time leaped forward to this moment, and Yu Xunge immediately searched for "World of Warcraft: The Fear Rift" in the app store. Upon seeing the red moon on the app icon, she felt a sense of peace wash over her. This life would surely be different.
Yu Xunge was racing against time. She had no idea how many people were playing the game tonight, nor how long those who had soared to success in her previous life by participating in the beta had been playing. All she knew was that every minute now was precious.
She skipped the opening animation and dove straight into the character creation interface.
Perhaps it was the power of the game, but as she entered the face-sculpting section, the default character bore an uncanny resemblance to her—about eighty percent alike. She had plans to stir things up in the game, so this wouldn’t do. She clicked on the random face option and stopped at one that didn’t resemble her too closely, then casually typed in the name "Ge Wu'en."
The game world was set in a Western fantasy realm, filled with various races and factions. However, these races and factions were inherently opposed to one another, having formed an alliance only during their invasion of Blue Star.
Humans naturally couldn’t transform into other races, but Yu Xunge still carefully selected her character’s race, as each race had its own unique talents. She wanted to see if she could steal the racial abilities of her chosen race through her character.
She had fought against beings from all races, many of whom had given her headaches, but the last ones she wanted to encounter were the Undead.
The Undead were one of the few races with two racial talents.
**Undead Will**: The more desperate you become, the stronger your willpower. When your health drops below 5%, all attributes double; when it falls below 1%, your attributes double again.
**Feasting**: Consuming flesh and blood can restore your health.
The former was practically a game-changing skill. If someone reduced her health to below 5%, she could double her attributes once, and if they brought her down to below 1%, she could double them again on top of that.
So, if she encountered an Undead, failing to bring their health below 5% and then unleashing a burst of damage could lead to facing an enemy with quadrupled attributes.
As for **Feasting**, it provided her with a way to recover health even when all healing skills and potions were on cooldown.
In her previous life, she had often found herself in a weakened state, akin to waiting for death.
If eating flesh could restore her health, how hard would it be to kill her?
After choosing the Undead as her race, her character’s complexion visibly paled and thinned.
In a world where a mature combat system had invaded Blue Star, the heavens had also granted Blue Star a chance to survive.
On the day of the game’s invasion, every human was given a chance to draw a divine talent, something that all other races would also possess at birth. This was merely a means of balance, and it was the key to Blue Star’s rapid rise against the invasion.
Naturally, Yu Xunge had this opportunity as well.
The moment her character was created, the screen transformed into a starry sky. Though it was merely the size of a phone screen, at that moment, Yu Xunge felt as if she were standing beneath a vast expanse of stars, her small self facing billions of them.
She tapped randomly.
Stars fell like meteors toward her on the screen, and the sound of shattering echoed.
**Roleplay** (A Rank)
You can impersonate anyone. When you successfully convince ten thousand people to recognize you as that person, kill them and absorb everything about them; they will become part of your character roster, allowing you to switch to their life at any time. No item or skill can see through this, but you can cancel the impersonation at will. However, after three cancellations, that character will disappear from your roster.
**Skill 1**: Life is but a breeze: You can store up to three substitute characters.
**Skill 2**: I am the queen of shadows: You can mimic any skill you’ve seen, but its power is only 20% of the original.
This was her divine talent from her previous life.
In her last life, she had been hunted by the Su, Han, and Liang families because of this skill, and it was also why she had managed to evade capture for so long under the joint pursuit of the three major factions.
Though this skill was only A Rank, if used wisely, its effects could rival those of S Rank. For the powerful, replacing a family head or even a city manager was self-evident in its significance.
But in this life, with a chance to restart, she naturally wanted something better.
Yu Xunge deleted her account and created a new character.
This wasn’t an adventure; the otaku who had rampaged through the game in her previous life had once said in an interview that he had deleted his account multiple times during the beta because he was dissatisfied with his talent, only to finally find a good one, leaving him with little time to play.
When compared to game time, the talent that determined fate was far more important.
Yu Xunge continuously created characters to draw talents, deleting them whenever she was unsatisfied.
During this process, she encountered several talents that made her heart race.
**Broker** (A Rank)
After introducing transactions between buyers and sellers, you can take a 5% commission.
**Skill 1**: Free is the most expensive: If both parties barter, there’s a 5% chance to copy the item’s skill as your character’s skill.
**Skill 2**: Let’s be friends: If the trading parties attempt to bypass you, using this skill will automatically bring the lower-value item into your possession.
**Sublimation** (A Rank)
After use, it enhances an item’s level, usable once every 30 natural days.
**Master of Thievery** (A Rank)
You can steal anything: items, attributes, even talents. However, you have only one chance to steal from each person, regardless of success or failure. The secret to not getting caught is to avoid greed.
**Skill 1**: This item looks familiar: After use, there’s a 10% chance to steal one item from the target; there’s a 5% chance to steal one point of a random attribute.
**Skill 2**: Defying fate: After a successful theft, as long as you don’t die, you become the god of thieves: there’s a 0.05% chance to steal the target’s talent.
Yu Xunge lingered the longest on Master of Thievery...
It was so tempting.
Her hesitation wasn’t due to a moral compass; after the game invasion, she had been killing people almost every day. If she could kill, what was stealing?
This skill was genuinely appealing. Despite the low probabilities, she knew of many items that could enhance skill chances.
After weighing the pros and cons, Yu Xunge ultimately decided against it. This skill was too dangerous and could easily provoke hostility from other players.
Moreover, this divine talent couldn’t truly change her life.
After deleting and recreating her character several more times, she finally saw a moon approaching her among the twinkling stars!
Accompanying it was a voice that resonated in her mind: Greed, restraint, adept at disguise; you are worthy to walk the earth as the god of thieves.
**God of Thieves** (S Rank)
You can steal everything in the world: items, attributes, talents, even lives. A thief would refuse greed; the god of thieves loves stealing as if it were their own life. If someone possesses something you desperately want, there’s no reason to stop. You can use the skill repeatedly on the same person, but starting from the second use, each theft will deduct 20% of your health.
**Skill 1**: I want this, this, and this: Using this skill gives a 20% chance to steal one item or some money from the target, and a 10% chance to steal one point from the target’s highest attribute. (You cannot target beings of a lower life level than yourself; the god of thieves never bullies the weak.)
**Skill 2**: The theft of the god of thieves can also be that of a bandit: Sorry, I’ve stolen everything from your home; my apologies. Betting on the name of the god of thieves, you can steal the target’s divine talent. This skill can only be used once in a lifetime by the god of thieves. (If the stolen divine talent is higher than S Rank, there’s a chance of failure.)
**Skill 3**: Here comes my alter ego! You can summon your disguise, allowing you to temporarily change your appearance, shape, and scent, which cannot be seen through by any item or skill. Disguise lasts for one hour, with a cooldown of five hours.
**Skill 4**: Oh no, where did that go? (Passive): After a successful theft, the victim will briefly forget they ever owned that item, only remembering a day later that they’ve lost something.
At that moment, Yu Xunge chose this talent without hesitation.
Five minutes ago: Isn’t being a thief bad?
Five minutes later: I want it!!!
**Chapter 3: God of Thieves (S Rank)**
All S Rank talents are unique and extremely rare.
In the second year of the game invasion, various leaderboards emerged, and nearly 80% of the information of those in the top 100 combat power rankings had been stripped clean by others using items or talents. The remaining 20% had hidden their information through unknown means, but among the nearly 80 revealed, only two possessed S Rank talents, both in the top ten.
Just two, and both were related to the male lead—one was his brother, and the other was his second wife.
S Rank divine talents seemed to be exclusive to the male and female leads’ team.
Even if she couldn’t develop for the next year, she wanted this talent!!
This talent would allow her to rise rapidly while suppressing her enemies.
More importantly, she had a bold idea regarding the second skill.
By the time Yu Xunge selected her talent and entered the game, it was already 4 AM. Ever since she had drawn the S Rank talent, her heart had not calmed down.
Her character appeared directly in a bustling yet dimly lit city, surrounded by pale-faced passersby, most of whom looked like they belonged to the Undead race, suggesting it was the Undead’s main city.
**Character**: Ge Wu'en (Level 0, 0%)
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